Between Groupon and Living Social, it seems that the golden age of The Deal has arrived. It’s not just fancy restaurants and hotels slinging their wares for deep discounts. Now it seems Nissan is getting on board, too.
Blockbuster sequels are all about one-upmanship more explosions mean more popcorn sales. Luxury carmakers generally follow Hollywood’s lead, with horsepower standing in for special effects. So when Acura introduced a redesigned but less powerful MDX, we were puzzled. Then it said the three-row SUV would, for the first time, be available in a dumbed-down, front-wheel-drive model. The whole thing sounded like The Expendables 3 rewritten as a Katherine Heigl romantic comedy.